Arch or instep supporter.



H. PIESSENS.

ARCH 0R INSTEP SUPPORTEH. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 10, 1915.

Patented Sept. 14, 1915.

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ARCI-I 0R INSTEP SUPPORTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed .Tune 10, 1915. Serial No. 33,228.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, HENRY PIEssENs, a subject of the King of Belgium,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania,` have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Archor lnstep Supporters, of which the following is a speciiication.

The invention relates to arch or instepsupporting shoes, boots,slippers, etc., and

the object of the invention is to incorporate within the shoe, or otherfootwear, a' stiiii" arch or instep supporting member and to modify theconstruction of the shoe in a manner that the said supporting member maybe readily inserted in the shoe during manufacture of the latter to bermly held against displacement and to afford no discomfort and give themost beneficial results to the wearer.

' With these and other objects inl view, as,

will be brought out hereinafter, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawingsv .view of the metal arch or instep supportingmember. Fig. 4 is a bottom plan viewl of the shoe in the process ofmanufacture, Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view on line 5-5 of Fig. 1,and Fig. 6 is a view in vertical secl tion taken on line 6 6 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, reference numeral 1 designates the insole,which conforms to theshape of the shoe. rlhe leather upper 2 and clothlining 3 conform with each other in shape and have their loweredgesturned over the insole and other parts in the usual mannerpreparatory to receiving the sole and heel.

. sists of a single piece of thick and rather rlhe counter stiHenerconwhich extends across the bottom of the shoe and 'has a tapered edge"6 which overlaps the correspondingly-'tapered edge 6 of the other sidewall portion of the counter 4. At'the heel portion, the counterstifi'ener flap 5 does not extend entirely to the heel extremity of theshoe,but is cut away as at 5 thereby affording an opening in the countermember as a whole and likewise aifording a cushioning element yfor theshoe heel in the nature of an air space. v

Between the counter stiffener flap 5 and the corresponding lportion ofthe insole -1 is placed a metal or other stiff arch supporting` member7, and between this member 7 and Patented Sept. 44, i915.

padding 8, said padding being at least of sufiicient area to cover andextend beyond the outer edges of the metal arch or instep supportingmember 7 The said metal Supporting member 7 is extended laterally andupwardlyl into a wingy portion 9 which iitsl the instep of-'the footlThe inner sole on one side of its shank portion is likewise extendedinto a wing portion 10, andv this latter portion 10 not only serves tocover thel wing portion 9 of the metal supporting member, but assists toa degree in supporting the arch or instep of the foot. The felt 8prevents the .metal supporting member 7 from being felt by the footthrough the innersole. rlFacks 1,1 passed through holes 12 provided inopposite ends of the metal supporting member 7 and clinched in theinnersole 1, secure said member 7 to said innersole. v

The innersole with the metal supporting member 7 tacked thereto isprevented from shifting within the shoe by a line of stitching 14, whichline is continuous around the entire peripheral edge portion of theinner sole, with the exception of a break at one side portion of theshank of the insole. At

the toe portion of the shoe, the stitching 14 passes through the welt15, upper 2, lining 3, and partially through the innersole 1.` At theheel portion of the shoe, these stitches 14 pass through the upper 2,counter stiflfener 4, lining 3, innersole 1, and in some cases throughthe felt 8, according to the extension of the latter. Where the breakoccurs in the lin'e of stitching 14, the innersole is not caught bythestitches, the stitching at that point, as in Fig. 6, being only throughthe welt 15, upper 2, counter stiener side 4 and Hap 5, and lining 3. c

It is immaterial as to the type of stitching employed, the type adoptedbeing the most suitable to the situation, and if necessary or desirable,the stitching may extend A entirely through the insole instead of onlycatching into the under face thereof.

In the course of manufacture of the shoe, the felt 8 and metal archsupporting member 7 are inserted and the latter tacked before thestitching 14 is run, and when these parts are in place, the counterstifener flap 5 is closed over said parts and its overlappingedges 6 and6 then secured together by said stitching 14; and the stitching furtheremployed as described to secure the insole to the other parts of theshoe.

What is claimed:

1. A shoe having an innersole, an outersole, and a counter stiffener,said counter stifener including a flap passing across the bottom of theshoe between the innersole and outersole, and an' instep supporterlocated between said counter stiffener flap and 4said innersole.

2. A shoe having an innersole, an outersole, and a counter sti'ener,said counter stiiiener including a flap passing across the bottom of theshoe between the innersole sole, an upper, and a counter stiifener, saidcounter stiilener including a fla-p passing across the bottom of theshoe between the innersole and outersole, ,said upper, counter stiifenerand innersole being stitched together.

4:. A shoe having an innersole, an outersole, an upper, and a counterstiEener, said counter stiilener including a flap passing across thebottom of the shoe between the innersole and outersole, and an instepsupporter located between said counter st1 fener f'lap and saidinnersole, said upper, counter stiffener and innersole being stitchedtogether.

5. A shoe having an innersole, an outersole, an upper, and a counterstifener, said counter stiener including a flap passing across thebottom of the shoe between the innersole and outersole, said upper,counter stiffener and innersole being stitched together there being abreak in the stitching at the instep of the shoe, and an instepsupporting member secured to the innersole between the latter and thecounter stifener flap and having a lateral extension extending throughsaid break in the stitching.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY PIESSENS.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM MONTGOMERY. WALTER W. CALMORE.

